'The obligation to be courageous is always with you' - Elena Gremina

'The obligation to be courageous is always with you. If you take upon yourself the role of theatre manager, of director, you are obliged to be courageous and, if you will forgive the pathos, use words to set people's hearts afire. Whatever the voice that has been given you. That is the one to use.'

- Elena Gremina, as quoted in 'Freedom departs with a crack of the whip,' Novaya gazeta, № 25, 6 March 2013